QUOTES OFTHEDAY

“I understand your frustration, people need to know this is not forever. These are temporary restrictions to help control the spread of the virus. There are difficult days and weeks ahead, but we will get through this together”

- Rishi Sunak, above, speaking in the Commons as he announced billions of pounds of extra help for firms and workers hit by coronavirus restrictions.

“I nearly fell off my chair in the office just as I got that news before I came here... We’ve been in these restrictions for three months so our businesses are closer to the edge now than they are in other places and that has to be taken into account in the funding package you give to us for Tier 3. But they’ve now just put on the table today the extra funding, it would seem, that would have made a much different outcome possible on Tuesday”

- Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy

Burnham questions why the Chancellor’s extra funding was not on the table during his talks with the

Prime Minister.

“The science is out there and is irrefutable. We have the data. So let’s stop talking about it and let’s actually provide the action. I think that’s what’s going to be really needed over these next 10 years”

- The Duke of Cambridge urges the world to act over climate change during an appearance on the Outrage + Optimism podcast.

“I do believe the industry will be more busy than ever, just because people want things so much... It has to be [more diverse] ... Seeing more people of colour behind and in front of the camera – you can’t go back to how it was”

- Sir Steve McQueen says the movie industry needs to be more diverse after the pandemic.